[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by Wardad:
On a totally unrelated note:

Phoenix area gas stations run dry!!!
Major pipeline delivering 40% of gasoline ruptured 10 days ago.
Pipeline owners are meeting with EPA to expedite paper work to allow pressure testing. It could be two weeks before pipeline opens.
Gas Trucks are tied up in 10 hour long waiting lines at overwhelemd Tuscon gas terminal.

story:
http://www.phoenix360.com/news/index.asp?did=3291

Yesterday I was eating lunch at a fast food place across the street from a station that was out of gas. While I was eating, I noticed a gas truck pulling away from the station. Then I noticed that the station already had a huge line of cars waiting to get to the pumps. I joked with my wife that people must be following the tankers around. Then, this morning on the radio I heard that a tanker driver had called in to report that he was being followed by between 20 and 30 cars....

The sad thing is that apparently many of the people who are buying gas are just topping off, contributing to the shortage. There is actually enough gasoline, it is just hard to distribute it fast enough, and people are buying substantially more gasoline now than when there wasn't a shortage.